| "You Don't Know What Love Is" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Written | 1941 |
| Composer(s) | Gene de Paul |
| Lyricist(s) | Don Raye |
"You Don't Know What Love Is" is a popular song of the Great American Songbook, written by Don Raye (lyrics) and Gene de Paul (music) for the Abbott and Costello picture Keep 'Em Flying (1941), in which it was sung by Carol Bruce.[1] The number was deleted from the film prior to release.[1] The song was later included in Behind the Eight Ball (1942), starring the Ritz Brothers.[1] "You Don't Know What Love Is" was again sung by Carol Bruce; it was her third and final film until the 1980s.[2]
After Miles Davis recorded an instrumental version of the song in 1954, it became a jazz standard, with Dinah Washington releasing the definitive vocal version a year later. Other noteworthy recordings were made by Billie Holiday and Sonny Rollins.[2]
Other versions
- Louis Armstrong[1]
- Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings and Plays (1955)[1]
- John Coltrane – Ballads (1962)[1]
- Elvis Costello – Piano Jazz: McPartland/Costello (2005)
- Miles Davis – Walkin' (1954)[1]
- Eric Dolphy – Last Date (1964)[1]
- Eric Kloss - Grits & Gravy (1966/12/22)
- Booker Ervin- "Heavy!"(1968)[1]
- Ella Fitzgerald – 1941[1]
- Marvin Gaye - The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye (1961)
- Benny Goodman[1]
- Al Haig- "Al Haig Today"(1964)[1]
- Ahmad Jamal- "Poinciana"(1958)[1]
- Roy Hargrove – Approaching Standards (1994)[1]
- Earl Hines with Billy Eckstine – 1941[1]
- Freddie Hubbard – Outpost (1981)[1]
- Chrissie Hynde, of the Pretenders (2019)
- Harry James[1]
- Thad Jones[1]
- Lee Konitz- "Motion- alternate Take"(1961)[1]
- Warne Marsh- "Warne Marsh Trios"(1975)[1]
- Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus (1956)[1]
- Charlie Rouse - Yeah! (1961)[3]
- Nina Simone – Tribute to Billie Holiday (2008)[4]
- Lennie Tristano – The New Tristano (1961)[1]
- Dinah Washington - For Those In Love (1955)[1]
- John Martyn with the Guy Barker International Quintet in the film The Talented Mr Ripley (1999); also featured on Martyn's album Glasgow Walker
- Jacky Terrasson and Stéphane Belmondo – Mother (2016)[5]
Further reading
- Hischak, Thomas S. The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press, 2002. ISBN 0313319928
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 466–468. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ^ a b Wilson, Jeremy. "'You Don't Know What Love Is' (1941)", JazzStandards.com, accessed October 15, 2017
- ^ "Charlie Rouse - Yeah! (Vinyl, LP, Mono) Discogs". Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "The Nina Simone Database". Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "Mother - Jacky Terrasson, Stephane Belmondo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2020.